Thank You, We Did It! Palm Oil Tour Highlights

Posted November 6, 2013 in The Understory

Wow, what a whirlwind the last 2 months have been! November is here and Melanie and I are finally home in San Francisco after being on the road for the…

Conflict Palm Oil Case Study – Cargill and Snack Food 20 At Risk!

Posted October 31, 2013 in The Understory

Clearance of forest for a new Bumitama palm oil plantation. Photo: The Centre for Orangutan Protection[/caption] [TRIGGER WARNING] This article documents rainforest destruction and incidents of orangutan fatalities in relation…

Our Big Finale! (Or is it?)

Posted October 29, 2013 in The Understory

This is it! We’ve reached the final stop on our “The Power Is In Your Palm” Tour! This morning, I accompanied Strawberry, the orphaned orangutan from Indonesia, on her final…

RAN Crashes Hershey’s Halloween Party

Posted October 26, 2013 in The Understory

When Americans think Halloween, we think chocolate and treats, often from Hershey’s. That all changed today In Hershey, PA, when Strawberry the orangutan and RAN exposed the link between Hershey’s…

PepsiCo Can Change — But Will It?

Posted October 15, 2013 in The Understory

Thanks to you, this has been a huge week in the fight to eliminate Conflict Palm Oil from our food! Our new video with Strawberry the orangutan has been viewed…

Amazing! Orangutan Asks Girl for Help in Sign Language

Posted October 9, 2013 in The Understory

For the last several months, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has teamed up with the creative geniuses at Free Range Studios to make this poignant two-minute film about the impacts of…

Tell Mars, Inc. To Set an Example for the Snack Food 20

Posted October 1, 2013 in The Understory

Today I visited the corporate headquarters of Mars, Inc. with Strawberry, an orphaned orangutan from Indonesia, to let the company know that consumers all across the world want Mars to…

It’s Smucker’s Turn to Feel the Pressure

Posted September 23, 2013 in The Understory

The Snack Food 20 are really feeling the pressure! You all have sent almost 20,000 messages to the Snack Food 20 demanding that they cut “Conflict Palm Oil” tied to…